Guardian Music — Gillian Welch's musical partner steps into the solo spotlight with a more boisterous version of the "old timey" sound that he and Welch have perfected. Welch's mountain harmonies and co-writing skills are rarely far away, but Rawlings's reedy, Dylane... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — This is very nice. Alex Bleeker and The Freaks’ debut hits shelves next week via Underwater Peoples. In the meantime, check out this very Neil Young rendering on Mountain Man’s “Animal Tracks.” And don’t miss the original; in fact check tha... more info

Live Daily — Plus: Leona Lewis [ tickets ], Kris Allen [ tickets ], Janet Jackson [ tickets ], more * * * John Mayer [ tickets ] "Battle Studies" (Columbia) The pop/rock heartthrob, known as much for the company he keeps as he is for the music he makes, r... more info

Guardian Music — When Shirley Bassey sang Diamonds Are Forever in 1971, she can have had little idea that her own career would demonstrate the same longevity.Today Bassey, 72, re-entered the album charts with her first album of original material in 20 years. The albu... more info

Rolling Stone — Neil Young, 2010’s MusiCares Person of the Year, celebrated his 64th birthday yesterday and as a one day-belated present to the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, we’re dedicating this week’s Flashback to the Harvest man. In this September 1969 perform... more info

All About Jazz — Peter Gabriel Covers Radiohead, Neil Young, David Bowie, Talking Heads, Bon IverAnd More On New Album, Scratch My Back, Due January 25 Peter Gabriel Peter Gabriel has announced the track list for his new album, Scratch My Back, due January 25, 201... more info

Altsounds — *Dreamin' Man*, Neil Young Archives Performance Series #12, will be releasedDecember 8 (vinyl on Jan. 12), 17 years after the original release of Harvest Moon. The album is a complete live performance of Young’s album Harvest Moon drawn fr... more info

NME — David Bowie, Neil Young, Bon Iver songs also feature on the album more info

Topix — Sheryl Crow, k.d. lang and James Taylor are among artists who will perform at a ceremony in which Canadian rocker Neil Young is named the MusiCares Person of the Year during Grammy Awards weekend. more info

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